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Finalist: Chicago Tribune , by Staff

For its global examination of overpopulation illustrated by struggling families who continue to bear children they cannot afford.

Winners

Prize Winner in International Reporting in 1997:

John F. Burns

For his courageous and insightful coverage of the harrowing regime imposed on Afghanistan by the Taliban. International Reporting

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in International Reporting in 1997:

Tony Freemantle

For his reporting from Rwanda, South Africa, El Salvador and Guatemala on why crimes against humanity go unstopped and unpunished.

The Jury

James F. Hoge Jr.(chair )

editor

Jacqui Banazynski*

senior editor for enterprise

John Hughes*

editor

Robert G. Kaiser

managing editor

Thomas Kent

international editor

Winners in International Reporting

David Rohde

For his persistent on-site reporting of the massacre of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica.

Mark Fritz

For his reporting on the ethnic violence and slaughter in Rwanda.

Roy Gutman

For his courageous and persistent reporting that disclosed atrocities and other human rights violations in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

1997 Prize Winners

Byron Acohido

For his coverage of the aerospace industry, notably an exhaustive investigation of rudder control problems on the Boeing 737, which contributed to new FAA requirements for major improvements.